Too much fun!

We were having too much fun not to post this pic! I have been wanting to get a trail-a-bike for Reno for a long time. She is finally old enough and big enough. Although one of her favorite activities is to ride her own bike, this contraption as my dad calls it, always us to go on longer rides. We both give this a thumbs up!

Play dough Mats

I love these play dough mats but more importantly Reno loves them! I got the link from 1+1+1=1
I am so glad I finally made these... it only took me 6 months!

Who WHOOOO!

I have been wanting to do a little unit on Owls with Reno since last fall. There is just something about owls that makes me think of Fall. Crazy? Maybe, but we had a great time learning about owls! Thanks to My Big Backyard subscription for all the great pictures and details about Owls.

Reno Really liked the Snowy Owl



From Making Learning Fun...the finished product had coffee filter wings.


Our Snack! YUM!

Books on Tape

Our First book Reno picked to listen to was "Stone Soup". Oh how she loved listening to the book. We listened 3 times before she decided she it was time to move on to something new. We are planning on making some Stone Soup. I'll let you know if she eats it!

White Board

Reno really loves to practice her letter writing. The first letter she selected was "A". We are learning it sounds and learning to write it. Mommy wrote the first few a's. Then Reno took over.

Beginning Sounds

I picked up this pocket chart at Home Goods. I thought Reno would love to learn with it, I was right and I thought it would be a great way for her to start identifying beginning sounds. Right again.

Another one of Reno's favorites!

Halloween Fun!

Sorting Halloween Erasers


Graphing Halloween Erasers


Completing a Pattern with Stickers


Cookie Cutter Painting ~ Favorite for Reno!


Pumpkin Fun with Friends
After the Pumpking patch we had to have some fun with our pumpkins. So we had some friends over and we weighed, measured, counted the seams and cut open our pumpkins. We tried pumpkin seeds, and then painted some seeds to for an art activity.

Write and Wipe

Reno LOVES this Write and Wipe book. She is really learning to control her fingers to make some great letters!

From Tot School to PositivelyPreschool

Since Reno is a Preschooler now, I decided to redo our school room. She now has a library/listening area, alphabet letters on the floor for games and more, since she can id all her letters they are all facing out, she has a bigger selection of activities to pick from, she has a calendar we are learning from and so much more!

Reno's Back!

We have had such a slow start to our year! Good intentions gone array! We were planning on starting "school" in August. But a very special event occurred and we just decided to enjoy it! That event was Reno's daddy coming home from a 7 month deployment. September was a wash because we were in Hawaii having some much needed family time. Reno enjoyed the sand, sun and surf! So here we are to October. We started school then and have been having fun learning ever since. I have been slow to upload pictures, as I have been revamping our blog. Here is one of my favorite pictures of Reno in Hawaii.

Summertime!

It is officially Summertime at Reno's way. Although I am sure Reno will be learning so much this summer we are taking a break from her "school". Starting mid August we will be moving from Tot School to Positively Preschool! Yes my little Reno is no longer a tot... She is excited for her new status as preschooler too! I am looking forward this new chapter too! See you in August!

W is for Wand!

Every Princess MUST have one!

Farm Play

Reno loves animals. Horses are probably her favorite next to the Okapi... so she really enjoyed just playing with her farm animals and her barn. We also did a sensory tub with farm animals but I don't think I got a picture of that.

P is for Plate

Farm Puzzles

Reno loves Puzzles! I found these in my puzzle pile and they were a HIT! We did them about a million times! Reno could do these independently and was so proud to do so!

L is for LIPS!!!

Planting "crops"

Since it we were learning about farm animals and farms we thought it would be fun to plant our own "crops". Reno loved this activity. Her crops were lima beans, sunflowers and herbs!

Counting Bags of Wool

Alice is really getting good with her counting. The Black sheep really made this activity FUN!

Farm Animals!

We are now moving from bugs and critters to Farm Animals. This will be exteremly FUN for Reno...she is a major animal lover. She will be reading a ton of books that we checked out from the library. I will update with a book list soon. I have planned a lot of crafts, pulled all our farm animal puzzles, and so forth! Stay tuned for more farm FUN!

E is for Envelope

Envelope

Bug Puzzle

This is a Melissa and Doug Puzzle we have had for a while now... it fit right in to our bug unit! Another activity Reno spend a lot of time on...which tells me it was a fit!

More Ladybug Stuff!

Our cute ladybug craft using a paper plate, red paint, pompom balls, and goggley eyes! Reno reallyed like this one!






I gave Reno some stickers and she covered the letters in her name with them..she wanted to do that one again and again!

Flower Math

I got this activity from Making learning Fun. Again I copied, cut and laminated.

This one was a little difficult for Reno and we do it together to limit frustration. Since we are studying the Farm this month I will continue this activity with her.

Our First Sensory Tub!

We used rice, oatmeal, graham cracker crumbs, quinoa, sprinkles and of course the bugs! REno had so much FUN!!!! So glad I finally did this!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I have always loved this book... I loved it when I was teaching my 1st graders, and I loved it for my girls. So much so I splurged on the story telling vest and the story telling pieces for this book! Kgirl loved it~still does and so does Reno!

We read the story and then Reno placed all the pieces on the story telling vest. She needed some help to keep the story in order, but I was surprised how much she remember without my help.